greater spearwort

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   semiaquatic European crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears

   SynonymsRanunculus lingua

   Broadermarsh plant

   Part ofRanunculus

Questions about greater spearwort

What does greater spearwort mean?

greater spearwort means "semiaquatic European crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears".

What is another word for greater spearwort?

Close synonyms include Ranunculus lingua. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is greater spearwort a common word?

greater spearwort is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.